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Orderly Britain de Tim Newburn

Orderly Britain

Autor Tim Newburn, Andrew Ward
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 dec 2028
By focusing on such commonplace, prosaic and mundane matters as dog-fouling, swearing, drinking, smoking, nudity, public toilets and parking, Orderly Britain very entertainingly tells us much about social change and, more particularly, about the changing nature of British society.
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ISBN-13: 9781472137982
ISBN-10: 1472137981
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: N/A
Dimensiuni: 126 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.04 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group

Notă biografică

TIM NEWBURN is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He is the author, co-author and editor of over forty books on topics covering youth crime, riots, policing and society, including Criminology and Policing. His writing has been published in The Times, Guardian, Independent and New Statesman, he has been interviewed on TV for Newsnight and Panorama and has featured on Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Moral Maze, among many others. He lives and works in London.

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How do British pavements remain free of dog mess? Why are paths not littered with cigarette butts or roads not lined with abandoned cars? What does the decline of the public lavatory say about us and is the national reputation for queuing still deserved today?

Orderly Britain takes a topical look at modern society, examining how it is governed and how it organises itself. It considers the rules of daily life, where they come from and why they exist. It asks whether citizens are generally compliant and uncomplaining or rebellious and defiant. This quirky social history takes a close look at shifting customs and practices, people's expectations of each other and how rule-makers seek to shape everyone's lives - even when ignoring some of those rules themselves.

Taking the reader on a journey that covers a range of topics - dog mess, smoking, drinking, parking, queuing, toilets - Orderly Britain examines the rapidly changing patterns of everyday life, from post-war to present day, and concludes with an extended look at the unparalleled shifts in social routines that resulted from the global COVID-19 pandemic. Asking whether it is the proliferation of rules and regulations in the UK or something else that keeps people in line, authors Tim Newburn and Andrew Ward offer a unique insight into what creates orderly Britons.

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A cheerful and easy read, balancing German sociologists with amusing stories, on a topic that tells us much more about how the world has changed than many more high-falutin' political tomes.
Highly entertaining and extremely thought-provoking
'We British are, by and large, an orderly people. On one level that's no great claim to make. It is merely an observation that life on these islands is organised, generally predictable and largely co-operative, rather than chaotic and anarchic. It is orderly, in part, because we need to get along, but also because everyday life is heavily rule-governed ...'